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How can people not smell their own feet, especially when they smell haggard as hell ??

Whats even worse is his shoes are on ! ! And my eyes feel like they're being peeled. God forbid he should take them off for fear that my nasal cavity will collapse...

How should I go about telling him to sort it out without embarrassing him (preferably) ??
I've tried everything short of setting his feet n fire to show him they're explosive.

Not sure if it's a communication problem on my part, or he's just generally unhygienic ??

Some people just have stinky feet. I used to but then it went away (diet?)

Sometimes I would notice for sure. One time I got home from work, took my boots off, and a little while later I was tearing up the place trying to find out where the raccoon had gone and died (because we had a couple of them in the attic). True story.

It's not necessarily a matter of bad hygiene. Some people just have very sweaty feet. I was told that one of my uncles left wet footprints on the floor when he walked barefoot.

Sweat, tallow and the warm environment of socks and shoes is the ideal breeding ground for bacteria, which ferment the sweat and cause the cheesy smell. Antibacterial spray should help. Alternatively, your friend? Roommate? Spouse? Relative? could rub a garlic clove or garlic oil on his feet, which is a natural antibiotic. And of course there is always foot powder, which absorbs the sweat. Deodorant might help too.

Yeah I know why feet are smelly, my feet get rancid if I've been boarding all day.

I inhaled as he passed me in the hall and have come to the conclusion he just stinks, like public toilet full of hobos stinks ! ! He's my flatmates cousin and I've told him to tell him but to no avail he just ignores him and I'm not one for hurting peoples feelings but he needs to be told an I just suck at these sort of things. I can't help being brutally honest :/

I shouldn't have to put up with it in my own home tho and he's a laugh to have around and keeps me company during the mornings due to not really sleeping.

I spray hell out of his feet with EVERYTHING possible from antibacterial cleaner to industrial deodoriser whilst he's asleep as not to offend him, but the smell just cuts through it like ammonia.

Maybe being brutally honest is what he needs, kick start him to see a specialist or something ??

My feet stink when I wear wet shoes for awhile. (Comon occurance in Oregon, just saying.)

Here's what you do. Find out what size shoe he wears or just guess. As long as you are within a couple of sizes it's ok. Go to the store and buy a pair of the more expensive odor eaters. If you can get the kind that are cushiony or gel filled there is a better chance he will try them. Next time you see him say "Oh hey, wait, I wanna know if you want this..." and go to your room and get them. Say "My Mom (or whoever) got these for me and she got me the wrong kind. I would have thrown them out but they are the good kind. Not only do they keep your feet from stinking, they feel so good to stand on. Put them in and then stand on them, you'll feel like you want to run or something!"

Be enthusiastic about them. Notice the other kinds there that are just as good and find a similar but slightly different type and say you wanted that kind, or if he wears a size thats very far from yours you can just say she got the wrong size, if he asks what kind you wanted instead which he may not ask at all. Play up the part about how they feel so good and so neat. Talk about how you were just blown away the first time you wore them and how you like them in all your shoes now. If you play it just right he will take his shoes off and put them in right then. It won't help the smell immediately, but it will help soon.

If he's resistant to putting anything in his shoes because he doesn't like how they feel, etc, then it's time to say nicely "Look dude, I like you and all and I enjoy hanging out with you and I didn't want to say anything about it but you got some stinky feet. I can smell them from way over here!" and say it in a way like you are busting on him in a nice way like guys sometimes do their friends with those teasing insults that are true. He probably won't get offended because he's a guy and guy's feet do smell. He may smell them himself but think that nobody else can. My husbands feet stink to high heaven sometimes and when they do I tell him straight out. "Oh God your feet! Put those shoes outside and go wash your feet in the tub right now! Put some powder or something on them after." and then the next time I'm out I get him odor eaters, foot powder and spray. If it's not dark out, I go to Wal Mart right then and get it because I'm not putting up with that. He's never gotten offended.

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